The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-10-29
ALL THE NEWS
OF WEST VIRGINIA RECORDED In
BRIEF SPACE.
Incidents and Accidents and Matters
Miscellaneous.
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der the name of Knight Sutton, Of
Bull creek, Wood county, has been
sentenced to serve term of one veal
in the Ohio Penitentiary for stealing
horse from liveryman named Da-
Wis at Matamoras, Ohio, only few
days ago. His case was done up in
short metre, but his year in the Per
will no doubt seem 10 him exceed
ingly long metre.
An ARRAY took place in Chenille
a few days since, on the first day o.
court, between Doyle Snider and
Samuel McHenry, in which Snidel
was badly stabbed in the left side
near the heart. McHenry was
promptly arrested and bound ovel
to appear at court. For some rea
son no indictment was found against
him. An old trouble led to the diff
fculty. Snider is recovering slowly
Judge J. NJ. jackson, in his charge
to the grand jury in the Circuit
Court recently held in peasants
county, said in substance that the
practice of serenading newly mar
ried couple in that and other coun
ties of the State, when money is de
manded and accepted, on threat o.
keeping up the annoyance all night
is unlawful and the parties engaged
in it are liable to prosecution. Or
this construction of the law two in
dictments were found.
Capt. John Donohue, known among
his friends and familiars, as tn,
"Wild Irishman," of Doddridg,
county, and Miss Virginia Hinman
handsome widow, of Grafton, wer,
married Thursday morning at Graf
ton, according to the rites of thu
Catholic Church. The friends of thu
Captain will congratulate him ant
his fair bride, and hope that not I
ripple may disturb their sea of mat
rimonial bliss, and that their honey
moon may end only when their exis
tence ceases here on earth.
The Charleston Star says that i
has it from reliable authority tina
the families of Duff and Canning
ham, who are considered by the PEG
pie of Roane and jackson countie
as being two of the best and mos
respectable families in that neigh
borhood, are taking steps to prose
cute the Regulators who lynche'
the Duffs and attempted to implicit
the Cunninghams in the robbery an,
murder of Mr.. Ryan. 1t is NOR
than likely that a few days at farth
est will develop many new phrase
to the late tragedy.
Cyrus Parsons, of New Martins
vile, boarded the wrong train on tn
Ohio River road few nights since
He discovered his mistake just a
the train started and as the condu6
tor refused to stop Parsons, thinkin
he could jump from the train befor
the station platform was passed
rushed to the door and jumped. ]
happened, however, that the trai
had reached the trestling over tn
, creek at that point. In the darl
ness Parsons did not notice this an
r fell quite a distance, breaking hi
left leg and seriously injuring til
other.
Henry Zimmerman, well know
citizen of Fayette county, con
I. mitted suicide. He and his wi
4 are reported to have lived togetht
, unhappily for some time past. q
the morning of the suicide they ha
had lively time, and Zimmerma
( told his wife that he intended to en-
it all by taking his life. She tol
, him to go ahead, and shortly aft
I he took his rifle and left the hous
Nothing more was heard of him u
til some persons passing along Il
g road near his home discovered h
I body lying on the roadside with
y bullet in his brain and the emp
y rifle by his side. Mr.. Zimmerms
u was about so years of age, and VI
o a ell-tO-do-farmer
r One day last week some coward
n villain attempted to kill a valuab
horse owned by Mrs. Granvil
Goodwin, who resides near Tyrco
nell, Taylor county. The horse W
l. in pasture short distance from t
.e house, and early Tuesday mornil
l. it was noticed that something W
a. wrong with it. 1t was soon asct
d tanned that the animal was SO WEI
II from loss of blood that it cou
d scarcely stand, and that blood W
lie streaming from long, deep gas
.e which extended entirely across
IS throat. An attempt had been ma
l. during the night to cut the anima
n throat, but no arteries had been CT
Is though the knife had laid bare t
is jugular vein, and had the point pc
b. etrated one quarter of an inch dee
1T err it would have been severed.
a The Huntington Gazette says th
Is on Saturday evening a party of Gu
n. andotte young folks were taking
II excursion up the Ohio River no
d. on two hand cars hitched togeth'
ID they were going at rapid rate,
Sc as merry as could be, when all
8. once their happy expressions ceas'
or While crossing a cattle guard sit
ated on a curve in the road, +
coupling broke and precipitat
some of the group into the qua
~ Frank Wylie, son of shoemaE
-. - Wylie, of Guyandotte, was bruis
q and also sustained internal injuri
~ Blood issues from his nose and ca
~ He is in a preoarious conditi'
- Leroy Wood is also bruised cons
erably. He is hurt on the legs a
side and head. Ed. Wright ha,
bruised leg and had to be CARR
re home. His injuries and those
" Woods are not very serious. 1t
to reported that the section boss "
j. discharged for having allowed
e. boys the use of the cars.
NJ A short time ago young lady
OF Webster, Taylor county, receiy
ne through the mail letter containi
~ some printed and written verses